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Beyond Financial Inclusion: What Drives Financial Health for Women Entrepreneurs?

CARE’s new Strive Women report finds digital divide, financial stress and household responsibilities limit business success in emerging markets.

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Tapestry Career Spotlight: Eric Chavous, Senior Manager, Counsel

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Innovation & Technology

Innovating for Impact: Trane Technologies Helps Geely Bring Efficiency to Their Electric Car Manufacturing

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Diversity & Inclusion

Comcast NBCUniversal's Military-Ready Response to 2020

Comcast NBCUniversal begins its recognition of National Veterans and Military Families Month. November is a special time at Comcast NBCUniversal when we celebrate our commitment to building an inclusive workplace for military community employees while also taking extra care to show our gratitude to military customers and communities.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Yum! Brands Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index North America for Fourth Year in a Row

Yum!’s Global Citizenship & Sustainability Strategy, called its Recipe for Good, is the Company’s roadmap for socially responsible growth, risk management and sustainable stewardship around its three priority areas of people, food and planet.

Research, Reports & Publications

Global Protein Report by Griffith Foods - Farm to Fridge: The Movement of Protein Across an Increasingly Complex Global Supply Chain

Interested in learning about the new future of protein? Download our exclusive report, "Farm to Fridge: The Movement of Protein Across an Increasingly Complex Global Supply Chain," as we take an in-depth look at how protein is traded all over...

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Green Infrastructure

Houston Advanced Research Center Earns Zero Energy Certification From International Living Future Institute

The Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) officially achieves Zero Energy status from the International Living Future Institute, which makes the HARC headquarters in The Woodlands the first commercial building in Texas to accomplish the feat.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

We Are Cisco: Virtually Giving Back with CSAP

Being a Cisco employee luckily comes with many amazing perks for all staff to use throughout the year. In particular, a Cisco favourite is our ‘Give Back Days’ – we receive 40 hours each year where we can shut the computer lid, turn off emails...

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Biogen Ranked #1 Biotechnology Company by Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for an Industry Record 5th Time; Recognition Reflects Longstanding ESG Leadership

Of the 318 companies named to the World Index, Biogen led the biotechnology industry with top scores in areas such as strategies to improve access to medicine & cost burden, innovation management, talent attraction, climate performance & reporting.

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IBM Hits Its 11th Consecutive Year on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI)

Our inclusion on DJSI North America for 11 consecutive years highlights our longstanding commitment and recognizes our effective engagement with communities, clients, governments, shareholders, and employees around these ESG issues.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Alkermes Celebrates National Family Caregivers Month: Jessica's Story

Jessica, an employee in our Finance Department, has another important role. She is a caregiver to a daughter living with bipolar disorder. This National Family Caregivers Month, watch Jessica’s story and know there are helpful tools and support near you.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Wall Street Journal Ranks International Paper One of “The 100 Most Sustainably Managed Companies in the World”

The Wall Street Journal announced “The 100 Most Sustainably Managed Companies in the World,” a new ranking that focuses on companies’ ability to create long-term shareholder value. We are proud to rank among the top 2% of global firms, and you can read more about the award here.

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Media & Communications

Watching the Major Stock Indexes - For Strong ESG Signals From the Corporate Sector

Indexes – Indices - Benchmarks – these are very important analysis and portfolio management tools for asset owners and their internal and external managers. We can think of them as a sort of report card; fiduciaries can track their performance against the funds they manage; financial sector players can develop products for investment (mutual funds, Exchange Traded Funds, separate accounts and so on) to market to investors.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Caring for Environment Doesn't Stop During Lockdowns at Bacardi in Jacksonville

Earlier in the year, Bacardi Bottling Corporation had to rethink operations and limit access to the site . Despite new safety measures & work from home protocols, an all-employee team kept the on-site wildlife habitat top of mind.

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Education

Helping Little Learners Thrive at Home

A high quality early childhood education provides children with the skills they need to learn, grow and thrive and makes a lasting difference through adulthood.

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Events, Media & Communications

Watch Land Betterment Corporation Recap their Regional Stakeholder Day

Land Betterment Corporation (“Land Betterment” or the “Company”), an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, recap and discusses its AgTech focused Stakeholder Day held on November 5th, 2020.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Dow Listed to 2020 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index

Today, Dow (NYSE: DOW) was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI) by S&P Global, the investment specialist focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing. This is the 21st year Dow has achieved this prestigious ranking as one of the top companies in the global chemical industry in terms of sustainability performance.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Loving Our Neighbor in a Time of Crisis: Stewardship Investing in all communities

A variety of Biblical verses can provide inspiration for investors to integrate their values and pursue impact through their portfolios as well.

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Events, Media & Communications

SB'21 ASIA-PACIFIC, the First Regional Hybrid Conference, to Be Held on February 24-25, 2021

Sustainable Brands (SB) is pleased to announce its first HYBRID (both live and virtual) conference “SB 2021 ASIA-PACIFIC” is being prepared to debut February 24-25, 2021, hosted live from Yokohama, Japan.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How EHS Managers Can Keep Their Seat at the Table

COVID-19 has catapulted the EHS function to the forefront of business operations – which is great (and might we say long overdue)! But, with this new visibility, comes opportunity. Here are some ways that EHS managers can help ensure they keep their seat at the proverbial table in a post-pandemic world.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Trane Technologies Named to Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index for Tenth Consecutive Year

Trane Technologies (NYSE:TT), a global climate innovator, has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index (DJSI), in the capital goods sector. This is the tenth consecutive year the company has achieved this prestigious ranking, and the first as Trane Technologies.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

The Circular Economy of Glass

Owens Corning celebrates America Recycles Day 2020 this year by sharing this interesting video from friends at Strategic Materials about what happens when glass is recycled and its role in the circular economy.

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Health & Healthcare

IWBI to Offer COVID-19 Training for Organizations and Professionals Across the Globe

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) is pleased to announce it is offering evidence-based education on COVID-19 to business leaders and their teams as they are preparing to get back to business. Through interactive, self-guided lessons...

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

T‑Mobile Kicks Off #CaptureKindness Campaign to Help Feeding America® Give 15 Million Meals and Take Back 2020 With a Magenta Wave of Positivity

As Feeding America® estimates up to 50 million families are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a critical need this holiday season.

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Diversity & Inclusion

New Holland Agriculture North America Announces HarvestHER Partnership

“Encouraging relationships, empowering community.” It’s the phrase that HarvestHER founder, Tracy Zeorian, says summarizes both the mission and purpose of the organization she created in 2016.

Environment

Smart About Sustainability at IVC and Mohawk Resilient

At IVC, Mohawk’s carpet tile and vinyl flooring business headquartered in Belgium, inland waterways are an important contributor to sustainability, providing a source of water for processing and a lower-carbon transportation route.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Alkermes Recognizes the Value of Veterans

Chris, an Alkermes employee who has been involved with the Veteran community since retiring from the Marines, understands the challenges of those who struggle with addiction.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Beyond Inclusion: Fostering Belonging in Times of Crisis

In the midst of a global pandemic, an economic recession, and a historic racial equity and justice movement, the idea of business-as-usual has become obsolete as many deal with feelings of isolation and concern about the future.

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    The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...

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    GoDaddy's ESG reporting shows our progress in building a more sustainable, equitable and inclusive society and outlines areas for future growth.